3.4% of homes are flats, below 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Passirac had 250 residents in 120 households at the 2023 census. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 33%. Here 43% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Throughout this page, the Charente median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Passirac
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Passirac, 10% of its 150 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 10% of homes are second homes
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
6.8% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. On empty homes, Passirac sits higher than 75% of compared French towns: 9.4%. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 15% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 23%.
Faster growth than 53% of compared French towns: Passirac changed by +5% since 2012
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +1%; 2017 to 2023, +4%.
Older than 79% of compared French towns: half of Passirac is over 48.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Passirac 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 8.8% in Passirac.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 21% in Passirac, less than in 69% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Charente median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, a lower share than in 72% of compared French towns. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. One-person households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 35%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €20,660 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The median standard of living in Passirac is €20,660 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
Passirac ranks above 82% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 39%
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
13% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 89% of compared French towns don’t reach
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Passirac, 13%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 18%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Passirac has 52%. As a yardstick, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 95% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
In Passirac, 30% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 250 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 5 towns nearest Passirac, 4 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passirac | 48.9 | 33% | 10% | 13% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 9.9 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 14.3 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Montendre 3,222 · 16.7 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 6.9% | 4% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 17.5 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 17.8 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Passirac
What is the population of Passirac?
250 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (237).
How old are Passirac’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Passirac?
15, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Passirac?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Passirac?
€20,660 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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